Sunday’s AFL 2018 Round 10 match is between Melbourne Demons and Adelaide Crows. The opening kick is set to commence at 15:20 local time with the game to be played at TIO Traeger Park. The away team Adelaide Crows are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Melbourne Demons and Adelaide Crows.
When: 15:20 | Sunday 27/05/2018
Where: TIO Traeger Park
Preview:
It’s 3rd v 4th and I’m looking forward to Melbourne taking on a quality side as their last four wins have come against the lower teams.
In Alice Springs, I don’t think it favours either team.
Demons were in full flight against the Blues recording their biggest triumph in 25 years.
I like the squad they’ve built and they are very even across all areas.
They Crows will again by very reliant on Eddie Betts in the absence of Tex Walker and McGovern.
It was great to see him back in form after struggling in the early part of this year.
KEY BATTLE: Daniel Talia v Jesse Hogan
The best shut down defender in the game against one of the young experienced key forwards who is in great form.
The Verdict
Melbourne should win against a depleted Adelaide side but i don’t think they will.
The Crows have a 8-5 (61.5 percent) record playing as an away team after travelling 1001 to 2000kms since 2014.
Unibet Odds:
Melbourne at $1.82
Adelaide at $2.02
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Tip: Adelaide Crows at $2.08
Value Bet: First Goal Scorer: Josh Jenkins at $10.00
More Info:
Teams:
Melbourne Demons: 
B: Hibberd, O.McDonald, Jetta
HB: Vince, Lever, Lewis
C: Jones, Viney, Brayshaw
HF: Neal-Bullen, Hogan, Melksham
F: T.McDonald, Smith, Petracca
FOLL: Gawn, Salem, Oliver
I/C: Harmes, Spargo, Fritsch, Hannan,
EMG: Tyson, Garlett, Pedersen, Hunt
No change
Adelaide Crows: 
B: Kelly, Talia, Brown
HB: Laird, Doedee, Seedsman
C: Atkins, Greenwood, Mackay
HF: Douglas, Lynch, Ellis-Yolmen
F: Fogarty, Jenkins, Betts
FOLL: Jacobs, Gibbs, M.Crouch
I/C: Gallucci, Hartigan, Gibson, Milera
EMG: O’Brien, Otten, Murphy, Poholke
IN: Brown, M.Crouch, Milera
OUT: Murphy, Otten, Poholke
AFL News:
Adelaide captain Taylor Walker’s fitness plan has failed and he could spend a month on the AFL sidelines, his coach says.
Walker missed Adelaide’s 37-point win against Western Bulldogs on Friday night, his first absence of a mid-season spell.
Crows coach Don Pyke expects Walker to miss between two and four weeks as he tries to build fitness after a series of injury niggles.
Walker missed Adelaide’s season-opener with a foot injury and round seven with a hamstring concern before reporting back with glute soreness last weekend.
The skipper, who also didn’t play a pre-season game, has been sent for what Pyke describes as a “serious block of training”.
“This is a pretty taxing game that we ask our guys to play and when you haven’t done a lot of pre-season, we might have asked a bit much of Taylor,” Pyke said after the 9.9 (63) to 2.14 (26) win against the Dogs.
“And that (injuries) is the consequence.
“We”re not thinking long-term. We’re thinking more, if you had to pin me to a number, two or three weeks.
“It really depends on how quickly we can build the volume in him.
“If we can’t build volume in him quickly, it will be three or four weeks. If we can build that quickly, it could be two to three.”
Pyke admitted the plan for Walker after his injury troubled pre-season faltered.
“As it is with all plans, they all suffer … opposition and/or circumstances that change,” he said..
“In his case, we just haven’t been able to get the continuity of training and playing to allow him to really build into the season.
“The decision has been made to back him off and get him right.
“It’s not like he’s got an injury that is keeping him out, per se.
“It’s more that he just needs some time to actually get his body right so he can play the level he needs to play.
“And I think that is being fair to him and also fair to the team.”
